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A dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses toward a temple shrine inside a yellow-walled hall. Several saffron-robed priests stand near a golden-framed shrine with a wooden door and gold-painted pillars. A man at left raises a hand in a V gesture. A priest in a white garment stands at a raised platform near the centre, and a partially visible figure in orange cloth is at the right edge near the shrine. Overall the scene looks like a ritual or darshan moment at a temple.

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A dense crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts presses toward a small shrine-like alcove in a yellow-walled hall with a decorated gold and red temple facade. Several saffron-robed priests stand near a raised platform, one in a red turban-style head covering and garland, another in white with orange cloth, handling ritual items. A man in the foreground points upward. A deity murti stands in the shrine niche. The scene suggests a ritual ceremony. Whether a person candidate is present is not established from the visible appearance.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesCrowded temple interior during a ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Temple in Embalam. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis press forward, one man in front raises an arm toward a doorway on the left. Several saffron-robed priests stand near a shrine with a dark wooden doorway and an ornate colourful gopuram-style shrine frame at right. A priest in white with a red-orange turban and a garland stands at a white-draped table in the centre, while a shaved-headed monk in saffron with a sacred thread stands beside him. A priest in saffron at far right tends a lamp at the shrine. Pink cloth hangs from the upper left, and portable fans and cameras are visible.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesPhotograph of a dense crowd of men packed inside a yellow-walled hall during an evening gathering, many in white shirts and white dhotis with some in checked shirts and a few in orange. Many have hands folded in prayer or raised, and several look upward. At left, a gilded shrine niche with gold trim holds lit lamps, and a figure in orange stands near it. Banners with maroon and yellow tassels hang on the walls. The people are seen mostly from behind and the side, with heads and shoulders filling the frame. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from this view.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses toward a seated figure in a red-orange turban and saffron robe, garlanded with a red and white flower mala, inside a yellow-walled temple hall. Several saffron-clad priests stand and attend nearby, one holding a small object aloft; a shaved-headed attendant sits beside him. Behind them a gold-framed shrine with orange-lit interior and a white pillar stand, and a further priest in orange stands at right near a stand with white cloth. Thick hands and heads fill the foreground, one man pointing toward the seated figure. The seated figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person but the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-06-29June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copies